Natural Body Wash Recipe
Many personal care items, hair and makeup products, nail polishes, and perfumes contain sources of toxic chemicals. The average woman uses between nine to fifteen personal care products a day. Combined with the addition of perfumes, women place around five hundred and fifteen individual chemicals on their skin each day through cosmetic use.1 Do an inventory of your personal care products. This includes all skin lotions, creams, moisturisers, facial cleansers, body wash, soaps, body spray, shampoos, conditioners, treatments, hair dye, deodorants, makeup products, fragrances, and nail polishes and remover you use. Ensure the ingredients are derived from nature, not synthetic or petroleum-based. The less ingredients listed, the better.
Minimising exposure to these products does not cost the earth. ‘Low-tox living’ strategies offer sustainable everyday solutions to better care for your health, and the health of our planet. For example, you can easily make an affordable, effective and fragrant body wash at home, using all natural ingredients.
How to Make Your Own Natural Body Wash
Ingredients
2/3 cup liquid castile soap
1/4 cup raw honey
2 teaspoons jojoba or sweet almond oil
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
50-60 drops essential oils
Instructions
1. Measure out the ingredients
2. Combine in a pump bottle
3. Shake to mix thoroughly before use
Creating your own body wash using clean ingredients is a simple way to improve your health and well-being, naturally.
References
- Australian Academy of Science [Internet]. Canberra ACT: Australian Academy of Science; 2019. The chemistry of cosmetics; 2019 [cited 2022 Feb 7]. Available from: https://www.science.org.au/curious/people-medicine/chemistry-cosmetics